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| We Got This CoveredMartin CarrA film which shows how cinema can bring people together, bond generations over a common interest and capture something timeless along the way. |
| The PlaylistRodrigo PerezIt’s a beautiful tribute and a wonderful farewell to a legend, father, and artist. |
| CNNBrian LowryAt the end of Sr., a documentary so personal the word “intimate” almost doesn’t do it justice, Robert Downey Jr. ponders what his 90-minute ode to his father was really all about. The simple answer, stripped of celebrity, is the painful process of saying goodbye to an aging, increasingly infirm parent, filtered through the careers of these two entertainers. |
| Film ThreatAlex SavelievAs it progresses – and Smith cunningly makes it feel like the film attains a life of its own, guided not by directorial hands but by fate itself – Sr. becomes a touching ode to a formidable individual whose countercultural comedies influenced generations of filmmakers. |
| TheWrapDan CallahanWhat remains unsaid is often as important as what is said in Sr., an emotional documentary directed by Chris Smith about the relationship between Robert Downey Jr. and his namesake father. |
| EmpireJohn NugentA sweetly pitched — and appropriately unorthodox — tribute from a movie megastar son to his filmmaking legend father. |
| The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe details of how the father cleaned up, became a caregiver to his terminally ill second wife and tried to help his son are terribly moving. |
| The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberPerhaps inevitably, the film moves toward a deeply poignant conclusion, but there are enough rambunctious and slightly zonked-out moments to provide a vivid, full-blooded portrait. |
| Rolling StoneDavid FearFor those who only think of Robert Downey Sr. as the father of the guy from the Marvel movies, Sr. is happy to fill in some blanks from here to paternity. And for those of us who already worship of the altar of the elder Downey, this Netflix doc — it drops on the streaming service this weekend — is a chance to see a true indie-movie O.G. potentially get the credit he deserves. |
| The Film StageMichael FrankSr. is sweet and tender, never playing as a dolled-up version of this relationship; it instead depicts a trueness in this bond, a warmth that has existed all of their lives. The sounds that echo after the film ends are the Downeys laughing together––about dumb stuff, about film references, about the past, about their present, about anything and everything. |
